Magnus

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Magnus is ranked 749th among boys in 2024 (340 births). Its best rank was 719th, in 2017.

Rank in 2024: #749up 15 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3400.02% of boys
Peak year: 2021354 births
Best rank: #719in 2017
Since 1890: 5,830people given the name

Babies named Magnus, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,830 boys have been named Magnus in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 354 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 41%. It has spent 12 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Magnus
1890s	21
1900s	29
1910s	122
1920s	132
1930s	66
1940s	23
1950s	39
1960s	18
1970s	30
1980s	74
1990s	211
2000s	1,028
2010s	2,389
2020s	1,648

In 2021, its biggest year

Magnus was the 730th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Magnus

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.